Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations

Chapter 1
Race, Ethnicity, Othering, and the Formation of Identity

Chapter 2
A Word Study of the Hebrew Root "Cush" in Tenth- to Eighth-Century Hebrew Literature

Chapter 3
A Word Study of the Hebrew Root "Cush" in Seventh Century to Exilic Literature

Chapter 4
A Word Study of the Hebrew Root "Cush" in Post-Exilic Hebrew Literature

Chapter 5
Conclusions

Bibliography

Index of References
Index of Authors

Promotional Information

Explores the ethnicity of the Cushites in the Hebrew Bible.

About the Author

Rodney Sadler is Associate Professor of Bible at Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education at Charlotte, North Carolina. He was the managing editor of the African American Devotional Bible and is author of several articles on biblical interpretation, and the intersection of biblical, race, and social justice studies.

Reviews

"Those expert enough to follow the author's examination and argument will be greatly rewarded."-Dianne Bergant, The Bible Today, January/ February 2008 
*Dianne Bergant*

Reviewed in International Review of Biblical Studies, 2007.

"Sadler's goal is clearly to correct misconceptions about the profil of Cush in biblical literature, and he succeeds in this endeavor." - Interpretation
*Interpretation*